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How to Get Information About Products
I want to post this story for two reasons. One is to give you a glimpse of how I get whatever information there is about products and the other is to show how inadequate information is about products. A woman contacted me today for a consultation regarding choosing a...
Infinity Jars
The largest collection of unique styles of ultraviolet glass jars that preserve the freshness of foods, herbs, and other organic materials. “We guarantee you can leverage the incredible power of these jars to maintain the optimum freshness of nearly any foodstuff,...
Bubble and Bee
Certified organic personal care products made by a certified organic processor of personal care products. Choose from organic deodorant, facial care, toothpaste, lotions, soaps, lip balms, insect repellent, hair care, scrubs, and more, all available in a delightful...
Is the Honest Company Actually Dishonest?
This past week Jessica Alba's Honest Company has been in the news, after the Wall Street Journal tested their laundry detergent and found sodium lauryl sulfate (SLS). This wouldn’t be so bad (Seventh Generation laundry detergent contains SLS), except for the fact that...
Dish Drying Rack at Ikea
Question from TA Hi Debra, I just came across this dish drying rack on Ikea's website. www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/80213173. It comes in this darker color and in a silver color that is listed as nickel plated with clear lacquer. That seems more likely to be...
Glyphosate in Sugar Cane Paper?
Question from Mary Hi Debra, There is paper made from sugar cane, but isn't sugar cane one of the crops grown from GMO and so wouldn't the paper have residues of glyphosphate? Debra's Answer I love sugar cane paper and was just about to buy some. “GMO sugar can exists...
Facts For Fighting Dryer Sheets
Here are some references about the toxic dangers from dryer sheets. Please add a comment with any others you know about. THE HEALTH WYZE REPORT: The Toxicity of Dryer Sheets, Fabric Softeners, and Laundry Detergents DAILY MAIL: ‘Cancer risk’ of perfumed products that...
Are There Heavy Metals in Your Garden?
Heavy metals have been detected at high levels in Portland residential neighborhoods, around two glass factories. Environmental authorities are recommending that citizens should avoid eating produce grown within a half=mile of the highest mapped metal concentrations...
Another Reason To Have A Water Filter
We know about chorine and fluoride and heavy metals in tap water, but does your water have 1,2,3 Trichloropropane (1,2,3TCP)? After all the news about water problems in Flint, Michigan, a reporter decided to actually read the “consumer confidence report” for her...
Cangshan Knives
Question from Michelle Bishop Hi Debra, I just ordered a Cangshan N series (hollow center in handle, solid metal knife) from Amazon. All the reviews are good but they're from Aug 2015 and forward so it seems these knives are not long-established. They got an NSF...
